The PuckPedia Hockey Show Episode 34: NHL GM Firings ft. John Matisz

Episode 34 of The PuckPedia Hockey Show has a very special guest on, John Matisz from theScore. John is the Senior NHL Writer.

We talked about his background and how he got into journalism and writing about hockey (2:00). We talk about his experience getting stories in the locker room and the evolution of journalism in this social media and short attention span era (8:00).

We talked about a funny story where he went up to Ray Ferraro who was behind the glass during a game, and gave John a weird look because he was spilling popcorn everywhere (13:30).

Then we talk about the Hockey Analytics and League Operations (HALO) Conference last week in Denver, Colorado (16:00). John moderated a panel with top data providers Teamworks (Mike Kelly), Stathletes (Meghan Chayka), and SMT (Aaron Ward). John tells us what information he took away from this and how he incorporates analytics into his articles.

We dive into the future of analytics, what teams are currently doing and how these teams will evolve in the future, especially with the emergence of AI (25:00).

Then we talk about the current state of the NHL (31:00). The playoffs are right around the corner, two teams (Vegas Golden Knights and New York Islanders) just made coaching changes, and two teams (Toronto Maple Leafs and New Jersey Devils) just let go of their General Managers.

Then we talk about the biggest surprise in the NHL this season, the Buffalo Sabres finally broke the drought and will be making the playoffs in this season (39:00).

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